Service-Learning in Mathematics Workshop

Regents School of Austin, where I teach, will be hosting an institute for teachers and I’ll be leading a workshop on implementing service-learning in math courses. The target audience is math teachers at any level K-16 or pre-service math teachers.

Here are the details:

This workshop will assist you in developing successful service-learning projects in mathematics. Service-learning projects engage students in integrating their conceptual understanding of mathematics with the practical functioning of their local community. Ultimately students gain deeper content knowledge and a deeper appreciation for the role math plays in society.

Several examples of service-learning projects will be presented in detail from geometry and statistics, as well implementable ideas for other math courses. You will have the opportunity to brainstorm and work in conjunction with other educators to analyze the key components of a successful project, engage in discussion assessing the feasibility and logistics of implementing service projects in your own curriculum, critique project evaluation rubrics, and begin the design of your own service-learning project.

You will leave this workshop equipped to:

Determine the keys to a rewarding service-learning experience (after hearing personal testimony from students and community partners)

The cost is $250 for the service-learning in math session (this isn’t completely clear on the registration page). Feel free to contact me if you have any questions and please share with colleagues that you think might be interested.